"Milan"

Marking the 30th anniversary of the arrival in Milan of Andy Warhol’s The Last Supper debut in Milan, the Museo del Novecento in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery presented ” The Sixty Last Suppers” a powerful work by Warhol, which approaches the scale of Leonardo’s original

It was the last of a series of repeated series of series including Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Mona Lisa, the painting focuses on the image of an architecturally framed space – the dining room – rather than on a single iconic figure.

The presentation anticipates the 2019 project called “Milan and the Legacy of Leonardo 1519-2019,” which will celebrate 500 years since da Vinci’s death.

Newly inaugurated, the Alcantara Magic Hotel is a project by Gentucca Bini who covered a building under renovation, along the famous Milan pedestrian road

Using 200 square metres of soft Alcantara, she reproduced the façade of a real hotel where 2D elements join three-dimensional ones, such as the central balcony and some window shutters, thus producing a highly realistic effect.

This interview by Marcus Fairs, was filmed as the city geared up for the Salone, the world’s biggest design fair, which, together with hundreds of events that take place across the city, transforms Milan for a week each April.